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Alan Rawsthorne: Portrait of a Composer. (Twentieth-Century British Composers).: An article from: Notes

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Alan Rawsthorne: Portrait of a Composer. (Twentieth-Century British Composers).: An article from: Notes
Drew Edward Davies
Manufacturer: Music Library Association, Inc.
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Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from Notes, published by Music Library Association, Inc. on March 1, 2002. The length of the article is 1037 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Alan Rawsthorne: Portrait of a Composer. (Twentieth-Century British Composers).
Author: Drew Edward Davies
Publication: Notes (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 2002
Publisher: Music Library Association, Inc.
Volume: 58 Issue: 3 Page: 600(2)

Article Type: Book Review

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Alan Rawsthorne: Portrait of a Composer
John McCabe
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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This is the first comprehensive study of the life and music of Alan Rawsthorne (1905-71), one of the leading British composers of the twentieth century. Rawsthorne came from the same generation of composers as Britten, Walton, Tippett, and Constant Lambert. Since his death in 1971 his music, after a period of comparative neglect, is currently enjoying a revival in performance and recording. The composer and pianist John McCabe here brings a lifetime's knowledge of the man and his music to a vivid portrait of Rawsthorne's life, drawing on conversations with his family, friends, and colleagues as well as contemporary documentation. Almost every one of his works is discussed, many of them in detail, demonstrating the versatility and range of Rawsthorne's vision, from popular works, such as Street Corner and the piano concertos, to the remarkable power of his lesser-known later works. In particular McCabe draws attention to the astonishing renewal of Rawsthorne's creative enery during his later period, and the immense broadening of his emotional and technical horizons leading to such masterpieces as the Third Symphony and Carmen Vitale. He makes a powerful case for a thorough reassessment of Rawsthorne's oeuvre. A complimentary CD provides the reader with a representative sample of Rawsthorne's music.

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